History
Information TV came into existence in April 2003, and received its ITC licence in November 2003. It began broadcasting at 10am on Monday, 19 January 2004 on Sky EPG channel 692. On 7 June 2004 the channel moved EPG to channel 588, in the News and Documentaries section of Sky. On 8 October 2004 the channel launched a broadband simulcast via the company website. On 26 May 2005 the channel moved to channel 277. On 28 February 2006 the channel moved to channel 181. Its second channel, Information TV 2 later launched on channel 182. On 18 June 2007, Information TV and Information TV 2 moved to channel 167 and channel 168. On 1 September 2008, Information TV and Information TV 2 moved to channel 166 and channel 167.
Information TV 1 started broadcasting on from Friday 8 August on Freesat channel 406. It moved to channel 402 on 24 March 2009 and 401 on 19 September 2012.
On 30 September 2010, Information TV +1 launched on 189 in the Sky EPG. The EPG slot was purchased from the Open Access Group.
On 1 November 2011, Information TV moved from channel 166 to 231, replacing the PBS UK owned channel Rosa and allowing PBS UK to launch on channel 166.
On 2 April 2012, Information TV +1 closed, with Men&Movies purchasing its Sky EPG slot to move further up the EPG.
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